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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In China, what was the class somewhat below that of the nobility that included soldiers or other meritorious commoners?
(a) Tang.
(b) Zhu.
(c) Shi.
(d) Chou.

2. Who formulated an ideology of state building that explicitly laid out the logic of the new centralized state?
(a) Xiao.
(b) Tang.
(c) Chu.
(d) Qin.

3. How much of human and Chimpanzee DNA overlap?
(a) 98%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 99%.

4. Where was the Chimpanzee Puist kept?
(a) San Diego Zoo.
(b) Monaco Zoo.
(c) London Zoo.
(d) Arnhem Zoo.

5. Who said "I conceive that land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living and countless members are still unborn"?
(a) A Nigerian chief.
(b) A Somalian chief.
(c) An Ivory Coast chief.
(d) A New Guinean chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Orange Revolution happen?

2. When did Alexander I of Russia manage to overrun a good part of Europe?

3. How many enemy soldiers did the state of Qin kill during the period from 356 to 236 B.C?

4. How many fiefdoms did the Zhou king setup?

5. How may countries were considered free by the Freedom House in 1973, according to Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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